"Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected."

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Source : Martin Van Creveld (2009). “Transformation of War”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

Martin Van Creveld

#War Quotes #People Quotes #Desert Quotes

“One time I actually cleaned out my closet so good I ended up on the cover of Time magazine.”
“He who is infatuated with Man leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal, sacred interest. Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook.”
“I didnt grow up drawing runway models and deciding what they should wear.”
“When you grow up, you're told that rock 'n' roll is the only authentic way to express yourself. Live instrumentation, singer, live drums. You're told that's the best medium to communicate.”
“All our dignity lies in our thoughts.”
“A suffering world cries for mercy, as far as the eye can see. Lawyers around every bend in the road, lawyers in every tree.”
“On a single day, I read articles where I was described as being alternately 'lanky,' 'pudgy,' 'doughy,' 'balding,' 'utterly forgettable,' and 'constantly irritating.”
“Any virus that's been sequenced today - that genome can be made.”

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